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The University of Colorado this week welcomed six new members to its roster of Distinguished Professors, a title signifying the highest honor awarded to faculty across the CU system’s four campuses. CU Distinguished Professors are tenured faculty members who demonstrate exemplary performance in research or creative work; a record of...

Rebecca Mikula PhD Student, Smead Aerospace Friday, Nov. 10 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: Interplanetary dust particles can provide insight into the evolution of the solar system, we just need to analyze them. Dust impact ionization mass spectrometry gives a unique and previously underutilized opportunity to collect and...

Charles Hoke Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales Tuesday, Nov. 7 | 8:45 a.m. | AERO 114 Abstract: Dr. Charles Hoke will give a talk beginning with a brief overview of his background, teaching experience, research activities, and educational leadership experience. This will be...

Research in Hanspeter's Schaub's lab on real-life tractor beams is being highlighted in Live Science News. The technology, more officially called an electro-static tractor, is a project of Schaub's Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) laboratory. Schaub, a professor and chair of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences,...

What is the "Iron Dome" that protects Israel from missile attacks and why did it fail on Oct. 7? Iain Boyd discusses missile defense systems in a new interview with Fox's LiveNOW network. Boyd is a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and director...

Tom Schwartzentruber Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota Friday, Nov. 3 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: Predicting what happens as a hypersonic vehicle flies through the atmosphere involves a lot of interesting physics. Strong shockwaves superheat air to thousands of degrees producing reactive atomic...

Panagiotis Tsiotras Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech Friday, Oct. 27 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: Several industry and government organizations are currently considering autonomous and semi-autonomous spacecraft robotic proximity operations as an enabling technology for several future space missions, such as on-orbit spacecraft inspection, surveillance, servicing,...

This year, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) celebrates its 75th anniversary—marking 75 years of CU Boulder’s exploration of space, from the fringes of Earth’s atmosphere to the wide expanse of interstellar space. The university is just getting started. In the year ahead, scientists and engineers from across...

How did so many Hamas missiles penetrate Israel’s state-of-the-art air defense system? CU Boulder aerospace engineer Iain Boyd explains in The Conversation.

Justin Cyrus CEO, Lunar Outpost Friday, Oct. 20 | 10:40 a.m. | AERO 120 Founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost Inc, Mr. Cyrus has led his company to historic contract wins in the field of space resources and robotics. Recent accomplishments include the first ever sale of lunar resources to...